Shoplifters Run Down by Marines

By consumerist.comDecember 20, 2005

Two lessons to be learned from this story about shoplifters in Ft. Myers, Florida.

1. There are special bags called ‘boosters’ that are lined with a material that prevents security sensors from being activated by stolen goods—at least according to the police in the NBC-2 News article.

2. If one is to shoplift using a booster, do not do it near a couple of young buck marines, because they will run you down.

Beltran made it past two Lee County deputies and mall security. But as he crossed U.S. 41, he met his match.
“We saw officers chasing him so we took off after the guy because the officer was far behind,” said Private Ryan Pitts of the U.S. Marine Corps.